Embroidering-machine.



M. H. RUMPF. BMBROIDBRING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED TUNE 23,1908. y l 1 ,020,663, Patented Mar.19,1912.

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M. H. RUMPP. EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1906.

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BMBROIDERING MACHINE.

AaPPLIoA'sIorI HLED JUNE z3, 1906.

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EMBRGIDELNG-MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. in,

iplicatien filed J'irie 23, 11906. Serial No. 323,165.

France, whose post oiiice address is No.

Boulevard Pereire, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful lmproven'ients 1n Embro1dermg-Machines.

lThis invention relates to improvements in that class of embroidering machines in' which the needles are operated mechanically to act on the material held in a movable trame which is operated by means of a tograph 'especially applicable in `Vconnection with theembroideiing niachine disclosed in my former U. S. Patent No. 594,653, dated November 30th, 1897.

The object of the present invention is to augment the production of useful work and to reduce the .loss of time caused 'by'the preparation by hand which every loom requires.

As the Rumpf .machine is known it will sul'licc to describe the arrangements in relation .with thc new improvements.

In order that the invention may be fully' understood, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings in which:

F igure 1 is a front elevation of a single machine, one end being omitted. Fig. la is a similar view of the contiguous ends of two single machines, indicating the attachments whereby one pantograph is made to control two machines. Fig. 'S2 is an elevation of the main driving and connecting gearing as seen looking at one side a sinmachine. Fig. 3 illustrates on an enlarged .scale the drh-'ingl wheel with the operating device for making open-worked embroidery. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig.

4 is a side view of a single machine omitting driving and connecting gears. Fig. `5 is a transverse section on the line C-D of Fig- 7. Fi 6 is a .transverse section of the needleolder carriage and main adjacent parts, taken on the line A-B of Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the needle-holder' carriage and mam adJacentv elements.

Fig. 8 is a front view of the needle-holder carriage-bar, with parts in section on the line E-F of Fig. 7. .Fig. 9 is an elevation of the operating'f'device of the thread-feeders and thread-grippers. Fig.E 9@L isa section on an enlarged scale, taken on the line www of Fig. 9. Fig. v9b is -an elevation of the wheel, cam and lever controlling the thread feeders. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the bar- `trolling thread tension.

fitted with clamps for catching the knotted thread ends. Fig. ll is a sectional view on the line 1k-y in Fig. l2. view of the thread-gripping means. 18 is a vertical sectionof the device for con- Fig. 141 is a plan View of the tension bar.

and al, it will be seen that the machine is provided with two sets 'of needles a and b. The one aachine is coupled with the other and the pantographs of both machines are con- .nected with each other in such a manner between thebelt-pulley cl and the fly-wheels' c of the machine. The disk l, which is di retly connected with the belt-pulley nl, receives from the same rotary moven'ientand -tran'silnits the latter tothe roller 9., slidable along the shaft 8, by means of a forked 3. The ii'iternallv tapped boss at ,the other end of the forked arm', engages the screwthreaded'portion of the shaft 5, which latter is provided with a rope-pulley 6. This arrangement enables the einbroiderer, through themedium .of the vidless rope 7 `passing' around the rope-pulley 6, to move the roller 2 toward or away :from the center of the Adisk 1, so as to impart tothe machine a slower or faster motion. At'the ends of the shaft 8` are mounted the belt pulleys 9, which by means of belts, drive ily-wheels of the machines. f

The bent rod 10, (Within reach ofthe embroiderer) is l'provided with a screw-thread, which screws into the bearing l1 of the shaft 8 andabuts against ,the under side 4of a movable bearing 300, which latter has slight up and down play and which supports the right end extremity of the shaft 8. TWhen the threaded end of the rod 10 is screwed upward by rotation ofthe rod, the bearing 300 lifts one end of theshaft 8 and brings the friction Wheel 2 against the under face of the driving disk lgfvvhereby'motlon imparted to the shaft 8 and the pulleys 9,

Which latter drive the belts which impel the embroiderlng machines. I

The driving mechanism is illustrated in Fig. i9- is a. nlan y Referring Amore particularly to Figs. i v

.ln its Fig. 2. The fly-wheel e is keyed on the shaft 24 together' with a toothed wheel 25 which meshes with a toothed wheel 26, the latter, through the medium of the intermediate wheels 27, driving the wheels 28. On the shaft of the wheels 28 are mounted the elliptical toothed wheels 29 meshing with the elliptical toothed wheels 30 and actuating the shafts 31 which set in motion, by

means of gear wheels, the lock stitch hooks of the shuttle. Gn the other side the wheels 28 mesh with the wheels 32, on the shafts ofwhich the elliptical wheels 33 are mounted and'gear with the elliptical wheels 34, which impart a to-and-fro inotionto the carriage slidable upon its gnidew-ay 520 (Figs. 5, t3 and 8) through lthe medium ofl the shafts 35, driving wheels 48 and disk 49, the eccentrical wrist-pin of which latter engages a longitudinal slot in the carriage'52.

The thread-grippers g (Fig. 6) which serve to hold the. threads when the thread- ;teeder moves back in order to take up again the excess of thread fed during the process, must open themselves when the thread-v feeder approaches its'initial point for untion where the thread is gripped against bears a roller running over the bar (Fig. 6) is held by`a spring 140 (Fig. 9). When the linger 38 on the shaft 37, owing to its rotary movement, forces backward the finger 381 on the shaft 39;* the thread-grippers mounted on the' latter turn and thus move away from the bar 70 and the threads are released 'during'.the time when the two fingers contact together. The lever 141 serves for operating the threadgripper-s by hand. (See Fig. 9).

In order that the thread, when it is required to vembroider with the same at differcnt places, be not stretched so that the frame may be moved without a tension of the thread and without the bobbins having to deliver some thread, the following different arrangements are provided for the threadfeeder. (Figs. 9, 9 and 9b).l On the surface of the toothed wheels 36 are fitted cams oreecentrics 4() (Figs. 2 and9) which give to the shafts 41 of thread-feeder h a swinging motion by means of the arm 42 which the eccentric. The arm 42, mounted loosely on the shaft 41, is connected with it .when the stud 420,

engaged in the hole of the part 43 on the.

shaft 41, is pushed and thus imparts to it the swinging motion. ln order that the thread may be kept slack when the frame moved by a"large amount to further embroider at a distant place of the fabric, (because stretched thread would be injured by the friction in the of-the needle) the stud 420 has only to be( drawn out from the hole 43 and the thread-feeder will be moved forward by the spring 44 so that, when the frame is set in motion, a slack thread is provided. lt is to be understood that one end of the spiral spring 44 is attached to the shaft 41 and the other end to its support. When the frame has been shifted hy means of the pantograph in such manner that the'needle may 'perform its work at the place to be freshly embroidered, the threadfeeder is drawn backward4 in order'to enable' the stud 420 to be inserted again into the hole; the thread-feederis now in the suitable position for embroidering.

The hereinbefore described driving mechanism actuates the two sets of needles; when it is desired to work with one set only, it is merely necessary to disengag'e one of the intermediate wheels 27 (Fig. 2).

The embroidering elements are arranged so that the needle is only engaged in the. guiding stitchplate 121 for one third of a stroke so that thel material can be moved about during two thirds of a stroke which allows of long stitches and enables a skilled operator to produce 130 stitchesper minute.

rlhe somewhat intricate disposition known for colored vembroideries designed to bring the needles provided with differently colored threads successively in the proper positions by mechanical devices for the .purpose of szllving time, have not given the .desired results and have all the great disadvantage that they limit too much .the number of colors on an embroidery. The hand-adjustment of the needle-holders 46, 47 (Figs. 6 and 7) in the bar 53 enables, in connection with the devices hereinafter described', any desired number of needles, each of which is provided with. a different thread, to be employedsuccessively for the same lock stitch hook 126 without any loss of time. The bar 53, in which the needle holders 46, 47 (Figs. 6, 7, 8) are slidably supported and held in' the suitable position. by screws or eccentric levers 45,. is connected to and stayed upon`the carriage 52, by the two arms 54 fixed on the plate 55 lwhich may be shifted along in the groove 56 of the carriage 512 in which it is held by lthe cover 5 6. This improved arrangement enables the carriage 52, as well simultaneously the needle-holder bar 53, to be 'moved forward and backward and also the latter to be shifted longitudinally. The length of the plate and the distance between the arms '54 (Fig. 7 control lthe oblong'shifting of.r

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weones the needle-holder and consequently the number of needles with which it.is possible to 'work successively, while employing the same lock stitch hook; for instance itt the l. bar 453 may be shifted about 200 min. and the needles be spaced mm. from each other, 14 needles provided 'with different threads 4may be successively employed 'for the same patternv to be embroidered. At 1o one end of the machine the bar of the needleholder 53 v toothed rack 57 with which the segment 58 meshes and, by. means of the hand-lever .J9 aetuates or, through the medium of any 15 other suitable device, shifts along the bar When the latter has reachedthe predetermined position, a bolt 61 (Fig. 7) fitted on to the carriage and actuated bya spring engages a hole in the plate 55and holds fast the needle-holder bar 53. rlhe hinges 60 of the arms 54 enablethe needle-holder 53 to be lifted for the purpose of rendering easier the shifting of the fabric in the frame. In order to have as many needles' as possible ready for use, there may be inserted between each pair of needle-holders 46, which each correspond to one lock stitch hook, one or more further needle-holders 47, if the distaneebetween the hooks allows of it. The '30 hand adjustment of the needles for the purpose of further embroidering with another color, as compared with a mechanical adjustment, causes no loss of time, as the latter also requires a hand-arrangement of the thread of every needle with which it is d esired to embroider successively, therefore simultaneously the needle-holders may be adjusted 'by hand. In fact in order to be able to embroider, it is necessary tohold fast 40 the thread depending from the needle-eye in order to make the first narrow vst-itches which fix the needle-thread by means of the 'bobbin thread on the fabric. For this purpose, the thread was heretofore fixed as near as possible to the fabric, usually close to the presser-foot. When the irst stitches have been made which hold the upper thread on the fabric, itis necessary, in order to be able toembroi'der further, to cut oli' the thread v5b which is now xed to the fabric and also to 'some point on the frame inorder that the fabric may not be damaged by the. traction of the thread when the frame is shifted for continuing the embroidery. Consequently 55 a second arrangement by handy is required for the thread of each needle. If it is desired to further embroider with another color, 'it is necessary to eut ott at first the thread of the. previously used needle andafterward to effect with the thread 'of the next needle the manual arrangements hereinbefore referred to. rlhere are these three arrangements by hand to be made which are repeated for each needle with which it is desired to embroider successively; the mechanin). (Fig. 8) is provided with a,

ical devices known tor the purpose ,of removing' the needles require this equally. The devices described hereinafter have tor their object to. lessen as much as possible the loss of time calsed by these hand arrangements.

'Somewhat `above the needle-plate is mounted nim/ably between the vertical roll'- ers of the frame a bar 130 (Figs. l, 6, 7 and rlhis bar l: fi has, on. the underside of its two ends, pins .i3-l (Fig. 10) which may be inserted into holes in. the rings 132 which can slide along the roller and may be held fast on 'the latter in the desired position by means of screws 133. rlhe bar is provided, for each needle, with a clamp 134 in which eye of the needle. ln order toenable the thread to be rapidly fixed in the clamp and also to berna-.de loose again, a knot 135 1s 'may be tired the thread depending from the made at the end ot said thread, which immediately tires, the thread into the clamp. The thread, being fixed in this manner on the bar 130 which follows the movement of the frame, enables the embroidering process to be carried on by each needle without having to sever the preliminary attachment, as l formerly practiced. All the threads'of the needles destined to work successively are provided with 'these knots which further` more offer this advantage that the threads which 'are `not actually `yet working, cannot slip out of the eye of the needle owing to the movement of the carriage, whereby a further threading would become necessary. The needles, having been once threaded and the threads provided with the knots, are always .ready for use.

In order that, when shifting longitudinally the needle-holder bar 53 and the bobbin holder plates 65, the threads may not be held back by the parts'supporting the elements which actuatethe threads, said supports are'placed as shown in'Fig. 6. The.

support 66 aiiixed to the cross bar 67 of the machine bears the shaft 3.9 on which thel grippers g are attached, and the support 68 .carries the bar 70 against which the threadgrippers g press the thread, and said support 68 also carries the thread-feeder la., the thread-guider 71 and the roller 69 around which the threads pass. In this manner the threads of the bobbins can follow freely the longitudinal movement of the needles.

The notches 72, provided in the supports .66 and 68 accommodate the plate 65; the

latter bears the bobbins and the device K forgiving the tension to the thread (Fig. 6).. In the form shown the plate 65 is intended to be moved -by hand in the grooves 72 to correspond to motion of the bar 53.. It is within the scope of my invention to carry`v this out either by hand or automatically.

In order that, when shifting lthe needleholder bar and bobbin-holder G5, for emv cessively by using the same lock stitch hook,

are placed between the varms of the corresponding thread-grippers so that the` thread with 'which Athe embroidering, is begun is under the iniucnee of its gripper, and the other close to it. When it is desired to em broider with the 4thread ot the next needle, the thread of the first needle is retired `from the thread-gripper owing to the displace ment of the needle holder bar and bobbin holder plate, and is automatically replaced bythe thread of the second needle with which the embroideringis to be done, and so onsuccessively for all the threads of the needles which have towork with the same lock stitch hook.

In order to give to the thread-gripper a certain elasticity "'CFigs. 11 and 12), said gripper consists of a hub 76 iXed on the shaft 39 by a screw 78; on said hub, is mounted, so as to rotate freely, aneccentric 79. In the thin side of the eccentric is bored an elongated hole in which is housed the screw 81 of thehub 76. A nother screw 82 is located in the eccentric in liront of the elongated hole and the heads of these two screws are connected by? a coilI spring 83. Owing to this arrangement the eccentric 79 has a certain resiliency, so that it can answer the purpose in viewfor threads ot various thicknesses. The hub 76'bears the two arms for the purpose alreadyv referred to.

lt will be evident that these arms may also be iitted to the bar 70.

For the tension of the bobbin threads, a

device is provided which enables all the threads of the needles with which said threads work to be adjusted,simultaneously and, moreover also, .each thread individuall f this latter arrangement has for itsobject to Aequalize any irregularity in the tension of: the threads of the lower bobbins by giving to the corresponding threads more or less tension in accordance with the thread of the lower bobbins, in order that the tensionof .the threads on the fabric may be equal for all the needles. This result is obtained by means of the arrangement provided. for each thread (Figs. 6, 18, v14). The thread oit' the bobbins, whichlies between two disks 80 on the rod 94, is held between the said disks by a coil spring 93 through the medium of a nut`92. For adl the periphery of justing simultaneously the tension of all the upper threads the rod 94, behind the plate 65 which serves as a supportfor the latter, is provided with-a head The head 84. is

operated by means of an arm 85, fixed to the shaft 87, which turns freely in a bearing 88. The lower end of this arm enters a cavity in the top of the head 84, as shown; Rotary movement of the shaft 87 is accomplished by means of an arm 86, fixed at one end to said shaft. The lower end of this A arm 86 rests upon inclined plane lined to the rod 90 which can be reciprocatedalong the plate 65 in the support 91. WWhen, consequently, the rod is moved along in the direction of the arrow, the arm 86 is lifted up vand the shaft 87 rotated so that the head 8a is drawn backward, in consequence of which the coil spring 93 exerts a stronger pressure upon the threads between the disks 80. When on the contrary the rod 90 is moved in a reverse direction to that of the arrow, the natural result is that the pres'- sure on the threads is lessened. As the rod 90 has an incline 89 for each thread, a uniform tension of all the threads is obtained and, owing to that the nut 92 may be screwed against the spring 93, the tension of each individual thread may be adjusted separately.

The presser feet 95 (Figs. 6 and 7) are mounted on thebar 96 movable in connecfabric are stretched in the frame; in order to avoid this, these feet are placed in the bar 96 in the reverse position show n 1n dotted lines on Fig. 6. This is accomplished by loosening the screw 101 and removing the presser-foot from the socket 96; after whichv it is turned around and replaced in said socket 1n reversed position, being again se-l cured by tighteniug'the screw 101.

For the open worked embroidery, the following device is provided (Figs. 6 and 7).`

0n the cross bar 67 ot' the machine are placed at intervals, the uprights 105 and 'to the latter are pivotally connected the tubes 106 in which slide the rods 107 serving as lholders for the bar 108 onto which, for each needle, borers 109 arf attached by means of hinges, so that the lol'eis which must vnot 'be employed may be broughtinto a vertical position. Beneath the rod 107 a pin 110 is tion with the bar 97 in the support 98. On

itted in ksuch a manner that, when the rod is inclined and assu-mes the position shown in dotted lines, the pin 110 of the bar engages a hole in the needle lioldenhar 53 and thus the bar 108 .rests upon the needle holder-4 bar.V The boring device is then connected vwith the needle holder bar and follows its forward and backward movements. Ast-he borers 109 thus take the place ofthe needles, these borers are provided on their un derside with a recess in which the needles are housed so thatthe points of said needles and borers are in rectilinear alinement 'ln' order to raise and lower the har which bears the borers, a string is employed which 'is attached Ato the har 108 and is passed around rollers in "the reach of the embroiderer (see Fig. l), For making the openings in the fabric, he `snubroiderer stops the machine in the .mennenliereinbcfore described. when the carriage has reached the rear dead pointgllie releases the stringv which held the horcr-liolding har raised; the latter sink 'and taires up the position indicated, and the f ll'oorers lcan ollow'tl'ic movements of the cer- In order to form the holes when the horors occupy' the positiouindicated iii dotted `lines in @the needle-carrying'har 58 must he moved back and. fortnthree or four. times..` rlhe distance to which the borers are forced throughthe work will determine the size of ,hole produced. Consequently this operation is not .accomplished by means of tho'helt shown in Fig., l, but themain driving pulley c is moved hyliand. In order 'to-facilitate manual operationthe construction shown in Figs. 3 and 3a `is emr ployed. Here the lever 150, which is mounted looselyupon the end of theV shaft of the pulley e, is provided with amovahle piny 151 adaptedlto'enter the opening 152 in the pulley e. it' is evidentthat byt'nis means ther pulley c, may be turned back and forth sufliciently to move the horers as shove descrihedQ- In order tb properly-measure the :movement of the kloorer when thus accomplished the leverfl() plays" in front of a lgraduated .are 153 Yfixed to the frame of the u'iachine, andprovided vwith an adjustable stop device-154', Vwhich limits movement of the lever 150. Thepin 151, whereby temporary engagement is secured between thel pulley 'e 'and the lever 15G is normally forced outward by the spring 155 shutting ,on they hand lever 156 whichis pivotcd to the'lever150 and attached to thepin 151. It isobvious that when the" reariciid of the lever-156' is pushed toward. the lever 150, the

spring 155 .is compressedand'the pulley .e is engaged bythe pin 151.., 1 Y

The ,hereinbeore :described device, in

Ldisplacement either of the frame or of the ln orderv to secure in 'all circumstances the' true parallel guidinff and the equilibrium of the frame f1 Figi l) in which the fabric is attached, to reduce the friction upon its supports and to 'avoid its swinginggether always exactly evenly. ln the grooves of the pulleys 14 'lill met-alliceords 16., 161 ere so disposed that they follow the direction of movement of the pulleys with ,exactly equal strolresj -the cords 16, 161

which ha ve exactly .thesame'length are' at- I tached to the supports 12, 121 in which the grooved rollers 21 211 can turn freely on their axes. quite 4 horizontally the rounded bars 2O to the inde of whichand exactly parallel to it, the

Vframe is fastened at its t-wo sides, 'so 'that its more or less strong loading at one side 9 or the other'cun have noinuenCe upon the parallelism. The supports 12, 121 are held et their proper distance by the rod 210. ln order to avoid any oscillatory movement ot the frame, tube 22 isfastened vertically behind4 the trame tothe support of the pulley let and the cross-oar of the machine; thievtube slides in the hole of an arm lit-ted to the support of 'the roller 2l. The proper parallel support given in the above described manner to the frames secures anexactly parallel movement and the tube 22, while preventing the swinging movements of vthe trame, does not :i'ect its horizontal and vertical shift-ing.

l? or the purpose of insuring the equilibrium of the frame and reducing as much as possible the load on the grooved roller 2i, 211l the l'leX'ble cord 17, which bears the adjustable weight 13 'for balancingthe frame und the fabric stretched therein, is

4festenedto Ithe grooved pulleyl) connected with the ,pulley-14 so as to follow. exactly the direction of movement of the latter; the

cord 17 is passedover the pulley 1S of the 'same diameter as the pulley 19 in order that `the weightV may he placed externally to the machine.` ln this manner the frame is hal" aimed in all its positions; as it rises and sinks while remaining always horizontal and parallel vand' as the'vcounterweight is supported lloy the fixed axes of Ythe pulleys above the' frame, the grooved rollers 21, 211

are loaded'` only by the weight ofthe frame and not sin'iultaneously hy the counter- @n these grooved rollers rest lio ln `/rder to balance the varying weighting atleet due to the pantograph in its dil"- CID ferent positions, the pulley 223, Which swings freely on its shaft 224 fastened to' the machine and bears the long arm 225 of the pantograph fixed at the center of the pulley, is provided with a projecting cam 226 above which is passed the cord 227 fastened to the upper part oi' the pulley 223 and bearing the counterweight 228. The said cam is so shaped that the more or less great weighting effect which the pantograph exerts according to its position, is balanced bythe more or less great distance between the cord and the center of the pulley.

In order to operate the frame by the pantograph the shorter side of the pantograph is connected by a bar 230 with the frame attached by means of a 'sliding socket 231 ixed by means of a thumb screw.

What I claim iisl. In an embroideringomachine,'a pantograph, needles, needle-holders, a needleholderA bar mounted to be moved toward and fromthe Work and laterally relatively` thereto, a bobbin-holding plate mounted on the machine parallel to said bar and movable in a parallel direction to the lateral movement orn the bar, bobbin-holders mounted thereon, a Work-supporting frame, means independent oi.' the stitch forming elements of the machine for supporting said frame, means connected to said frame for counterbalancing the varying` weighting jt of the pantograph in its diii'ereiit positions and operating means for te needles, needle-bar and bobbin-holding plate, substaiitially as described.

2. ln an embroideringmachine, needles, needle-holders, a needle-holder bar mounted to be moved toward and trom the work and` laterally relative thereto, a reciprocating carriage having` a slot, a plate passingthrough said slot and attached to said needle-holder bar, means for giving said carriage movement. toward and from the Work, and means for imparting lateral movement to said plate, substantially as described,

3. In an embroidering; machine, needles, needle-holders, a reciprocating carriage mounted to be moved toward and from the work and having a slot, a sliding plate carried by said slot, a needle-holder bar carried by said plate, a revoluble disk carrying, an eccentrically mounted wrist. pin engaging a slot in said carriage, means `tor revolving said disk, and means for imparting lateral movement to said plate, substantially as described.

4. An embroidering machine comprising needles, bobbin-holders and needle holders; in combination With a needle holder bar mounted for both back and forth and lon- `.gitudinal movement, a reciprocating carriage having a slot, means for moving said carriage toward and from the Work, a sliding plate carried in said slot and attached to said needle holder bar, a rack on said plate and a'toothed sector engaging said rack for producinglongitudinal movement ot' said needle carrier bar, substantially as described.

5. Aein embroidering machine comprising needles, bobbin-holders and needle holders; in combination with a Ineedle holder bar mounted for longitudinal movement, means for moving said bar longitudinally, a bobbin ycarrier plate mounted parallel to said needle holder bar so as' to be movable longitudinally and thread grippers near said bobbin holders provided With arms .for sepa-` rating the. various threads from each other,

substantially as described.

6. A Work-supporting means for embroidering machines comprising in combination a work-carrying trame, a longitudinal bar attached above said frame, two movable grooved pulleys running under said bar for its support, a rigid connection between said pulleys.' means for guiding said pulleys in their vertical movement, and counterbalancedy suspending means for said pulleys adapted to allow vertical movement thereof,

substantially as described.

7. il-n an embroidering machine provided with a controlling pantograph, means for counter-acting differences of etlect otherwise produced by the. -Weight. of the panto. Lfrapli in diil'erent positions, said means comprising an eccentric connected with said pantograph and pivoted to the machine, a cord wrapped on the periphery of said eccentric and a co'unterweight on said cord,

the eccentric being' so shaped as to vary the leverage exerted b v the counterweight in corrcspondencefwith the variationsin .the rotative e'liect exerted by the Weight of the pantogra ph inits corresponding movements, sulfistantially as described.

8 1. .ln a work-supporting means tor embroidering machines, a Work-carrying frame, comprising' a horizontal bar, grooved pulleys supporting said bar and having a rigid con- `necti/ou between them` counterweighted suspension means attached to said pulleys, and a vertical guide bar (22) engaging the immediate support of one of said pulleys, substantially as described. l

9. An embroideringzv machine' comprising a row of needles mounted for reciprocating movement. a correspmiding row of bobbinholders, a work-carrying traine supported in isa front of said needles, a bar (130) carried on ered into engagementwith said bar, said 10 said frame parallel te said needles, a rfW borersbeing hallowed out underneath seas of clamps carried by said bar and placed to lit over said needles, and means for causopposite said needles','and means for opering said bar and borers t0 move back and.

ating seid needles, substantially as described. forth together, substantially es described.

10. An embroidering machine comprising MARTIN HENRI RUMPF.. a row of nee/dies, a reciprocating bar carryn Witnesses: ing said needles, a row of borers pivoted RQBERT COLLONG,

. above said needles and adapted to be low- -HANSON C. COXE. 

